Astronaut James Lovell, Commander of Apollo 13, Dies at 97

He led the three-man crew that survived a near catastrophic explosion in space in 1970, and was later immortalized by Tom Hanks in the movie “Apollo 13.”

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NASA’s Acting Administrator Calls for a Nuclear Reactor on the Moon

The acceleration of nuclear development is part of the Trump administration’s efforts to focus NASA on human spaceflight. A reactor would be useful for long-term stays on the moon.

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SpaceX, NASA Launch Astronauts to Space Station as Clouds Stay Just Far Enough Away

After a scrubbed launch on Thursday, four astronauts lifted off from Florida and will dock at the International Space Station on Saturday.

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SpaceX Set to Launch NASA’s Crew-11 Mission to the Space Station

Cardman, who leads a crew of astronauts to the station on Thursday, was bumped from a similar mission last year.

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When Earth’s Surface Shifts, a New Satellite Will See It

NISAR, built jointly by NASA and India’s space agency and launched on Wednesday, will use radar to monitor tiny changes across our planet’s land and icy regions.

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NISAR — a NASA-India Collaboration — Will Study Earth With Radar. Here’s How to Watch the Launch.

A new Earth-observing satellite, built by NASA and India’s space agency, will be sent into orbit on Wednesday.

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When Coke and Pepsi Fought for Soft Drink Supremacy in Space

In the summer of 1985, NASA, the Reagan White House and seven talented astronauts got wrangled into an orbital chapter of the cola wars.

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Science Retracts ‘Arsenic Life’ Paper 15 Years After Publication

Science, a top research journal, said there was no evidence of misconduct by researchers whose finding attracted heavy attention and scrutiny in social media’s early days.

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Hints of Life on Exoplanet K2-18b Recede Even Further

New observations fail to confirm signs of life in the atmosphere of the distant planet K2-18b. They also raise questions about what it will take to detect biology light-years away.

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Hundreds of NASA Employees Condemn Trump Administration Cuts in Public Letter

The signatories of the “Voyager Declaration” warned the space agency’s leadership about the consequences of major budget cuts that would halt many science missions.

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